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The World's Best choose courage instead of fear. They feel the fear, but don't let it keep them from doing what they want to, have to, or were designed to do. High performers know that when they feel fear, it means they are doing something important and meaningful.  This Week's Power Phrase: "I embrace my fear and choose courage instead."   This Week's Quote of the Week: Dale Carnegie said it best...

Dr. Christopher Mesagno is a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia. With over 20 years of research expertise in anxiety, attention and concentration skills, Dr. Chris has successfully developed theory-matched interventions to improve performance for highly anxious and "choking-susceptible" athletes.  Dr. Chris has an internationally-recogni...

When we define failure on our terms, we are able to see failure as an event, not as who we are. We are able to keep pushing outsides our comfort zone because that is how we learn and grow. In this episode, Dr. Cindra shares with us how to see failure as an opportunity. This Week's Power Phrase: "I see failure and mistakes as opportunity to learn and grow. I take an easy-going approach when I fail....

"Why do you get up in the morning?" For more than four decades, Richard has pioneered the way we answer that question. From fast-growing start-ups, to established organizations, universities, summits, and conferences, his message has taken him as a keynote speaker to all 50 states, Canada, and four continents. Along the way, Richard has written ten books, including three best sellers, which have s...

Self-compassion, or the practice of being kind to yourself in times of failure, pain or when you note something you don't like about yourself instead of being self-critical, is key to practice. When we show self-compassion, we give ourselves the same kindness as we would to others recognizing that all humans suffer and we are not alone. In this episode, Dr. Kamphoff shares about how to show yourse...

Greg Coleman is an inspirational speaker, gifted storyteller and former NFL punter, teaching leaders and business owners how to Flip the Field, get a Leg Up on Life, and Shift the Atmosphere in their companies and organizations using proven principles.  Some of his most notable distinctions are of being the first African American punter in the NFL and his induction into the 2021 class of the Black...

High performers don't hope their thinking will work for them; they make their thinking work for them. They are intentional and purposeful with their daily self-talk. They condition their minds each and every day which helps overcome self-doubt. This Week's Power Phrase: "I level up my thoughts to level up my life." This Week's Quote of the Week: "Fear and self-doubt have always been the greatest e...

In this episode, Dr. Kamphoff shares with us the research behind happiness. Did you know that research in the field of positive psychology shows that up to 40% of our happiness can be changed by engaging in daily, intentional activities that impact how we act and think? Also, when we "try" to be happier this elevates our mood. When we are happier, we are more productive, creative, engaged, live lo...

Dr. Dave Webb is the author of the Amazon best selling book, "Homerun Leadership - Your Guide to Better Faster Team Decisions." His passion for collaborative team decision making, grew out of his doctoral research in conflict management and shared decision-making. For decades, Dave's IROD leadership tool has served organizations to increase collaborative team decision-making, consensus building an...

When we decide to respond not react, we are less likely to have our buttons pressed. We take control over our self, creating choice. We are able to lead intentionally, and lead the hardest person to lead – ourselves. In this episode, Dr. Kamphoff shares the PCR Strategy from her new book, Beyond Grit for Business, to help us respond not react. Power Phrase this Week:   "I choose to respond with pu...

Dr. Jessamy Hibberd is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist, international bestselling author and speaker. With over 15 years clinical practice she works one-to-one with adults experiencing common mental health problems. She is the author of nine books, including  The Imposter Cure , described by the  Sunday Times  as "the definitive guide to tackling and understanding the psychological mind trap of ...

High performers don't hope their thinking will work for them; they make their thinking work for them. They are intentional and purposeful with their daily self-talk. They condition their minds each and every day which helps overcome self-doubt. Intentional thinking does.  This Week's Power Phrase:   "I level up my thoughts to level up my life." This Week's Quote of the Week: "Fear and self-doubt h...

Dr. Peter Olusoga is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Sheffield Hallam University in the United Kingdom. His Ph. D. thesis, completed in 2012, focused on stress and coping in elite sports coaching, and his current research focuses on coach burnout, and well-being in high-performance environments.  Dr. Olusoga is a BPS Chartered Psychologist, an experienced consultant, and host of the award-winni...

Your inner critic is your disempowering inner voice. We all have an inner critic inside of us. We want to be aware of our inner critic to reduce it. Remember our inner critic tends to lie to us. We want to respond to our inner critic with challenging questions like a judge in a court room and choose a more empowering and truthful statement to tell ourselves instead.  This Week's Power Phrase: "I t...

Dr. Robin Vealey is a Professor in the Department of Sport Leadership & Management at Miami University in Ohio (USA). Her research has focused on self-confidence, burnout, mental skills training, and coaching effectiveness. She has authored five books, Coaching for the Inner Edge (2005, 2022), Best Practice for Youth Sport, Competitive Anxiety in Sport, and Successful Coaching (2024). She has also...

Think about a time that you were in flow. What did your flow zone feel like? What led to that feeling? What were you doing? Why do these particular activities lead to flow for you?   Finding your flow zone starts with your mind and channeling your focus to the present moment. Your mind is a muscle; it takes daily practice to master it. In this episode, Cindra talks about three things you can do to...

Jack Canfield is the co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. He has developed 42 New York Times bestsellers, and holds a Guinness Book World Record for having seven books on the New York Times bestseller list simultaneously.    Known as "America's #1 Success Coach," Jack has studied and reported on what makes successful people different. Over the last 40 years, his compelling message,...

Becoming happier and being your best self means learning how to disengage from overthinking. Every day, in all parts of our life, we can experience minor setbacks and hassles. Learning to stop overthinking about them will help you reach your highest level of performance and think like the world's best.  Power Phrase this Week:   "I notice when I excessively and endlessly think too much. I use the...

Kirsten Peterson, PhD, is a performance psychologist, leadership coach, speaker, and most recently an author, having just published her first book, When Grit Is Not Enough.   She has spent decades working in elite sport, both with the U.S. Olympic Committee as a Senior Sport Psychologist and then as Head of the Performance Psychology team at the Australian Institute of Sport.  Kirsten melds this "...

In this episode, Cindra talks about how you can't be exceptional on your own. You need support and a crew of like-minded superstars who believe in your vision and push you to be the very best version of yourself.  In this episode, we talk about how the world's best know that their friends can either elevate their game, or not. Choose your friends wisely!   Power Phrase this Week:   "I choose peopl...

Lindsey Hamilton is the Head of Mental Performance at IMG Academy where she leads and develops a team of 15 mental performance coaches that oversees the mental skills development of over 1,400 high school aged student-athletes across eight sports. She also leads the IMG Institute through developing and delivering high performance mindset training to executive-level business professionals and corpo...

In this episode, Cindra talks about the power and benefits of optimism. She also describes a strategy to help us choose optimism called the Three OPP Strategy. The Three OPP Strategy helps you look at the glass as half-full, not half-empty, and continue to see the opportunities in the difficulties, setbacks, and adversity.   This Week's Power Phrase: "I choose optimism. I believe the best is yet t...

Jack Stahlmann's entertaining and informative presentations are built around his experiences in Los Angeles as an actor, producer, director — and of course, a waiter. In Hollywood, he launched his own production company which created several films that enjoyed international success and was an Assistant Director for the Margaret Cho stand-up show, Cho Revolution. As an actor, his shining moment cam...

At some point, you will likely wake up and not want to take the necessary steps to reach your "gold medal." You will have to fight with yourself to have daily discipline. You will get in your own way. In this episode, Dr. Cindra talks about how to find your "gold medal goal" and how to stay hungry going after it.  This Week's Power Phrase:   "I am 100 percent committed and all-in. I don't make exc...

Dr. Karen Doll is a Licensed Psychologist, Consultant, and author of the bestselling book, Building Psychological Fitness. She has spent 25 years partnering with industry leading organizations and coaching high achieving professionals. She works at the intersection of personal well-being and professional development and is committed to improving workplace mental health. In this episode, Dr. Karen...